The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...

Researchers have found the species is capable of taking down prey larger than once thought.

In Florida, python removal is often presented as a test of nerve and skill. One professional python hunter, however, says the ...

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

BetOnline is allowing users to bet on the outcome of the Florida Python Challenge. Is that legal?

Python hunters in Florida will begin competing in the state’s annual removal competition one minute after the clock strikes ...

It was another bountiful month for the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) Python Elimination Program and that's appropriate when you consider November is when we celebrate Thanksgiving.

A remarkable video captured an alligator devouring a Burmese python in the Everglades of Florida, highlighting the ability of ...

March was a productive and lucrative month for Burmese python hunter Anthony Flanagan. Contracted by the South Florida Water Management District for its Python Elimination Program, Flanagan not only ...

A Florida man was fined for catching an invasive python in Everglades National Park. His case was later dismissed.

MIAMI — When Florida issued a call for python hunters, applications came in from near and very, very far — Iran, for instance, where one man sees a chance to fulfill his childhood dream. Mohammad ...